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COMMENTARY: E-cigarettes and the API community

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Reid Mukai For Northwest Asian Weekly Cigarette smoking is a public health issue of particular concern to the Asian-Pacific Islander (API) population. According to Oakland-based Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL), tobacco smoking is associated with three of the top killers of Asian Americans nationwide: heart disease, cancer and stroke.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, API, APPEAL, American Lung Association, Asian Americans, Big Tobacco, Chinese, Herbert Gilbert, Hon Lik, Korean American, Pacific Islanders, Pearl Ridge Shopping Center, Public Health, Reid Mukai, Seattle, Tobacco Control, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28

No smoking in school: China fights against tobacco

August 12, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests. China has committed to banning smoking at public indoor venues by Jan. 9, in accordance with a global anti-tobacco treaty backed by the World Health Organization …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Beijing, China, China National Tobacco Corp, Chinese, Iran, Jiang Yuan, Judith Mackay, New Zealand, Oxford University, Sarah England, Shanghai Expo, Sir Richard Peto, State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, Teh-wei Hu, Tobacco Control, Tsinghua University, United States, WHO, World Lung Foundation

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